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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2019

Decision-Making Deficits in Elderly Can Be Alleviated by Attention Training.

Marlen Schmicker, Inga Menze, David Koch, Ulrike Rumpf, Patrick Müller, Lasse Pelzer, Notger G Müller

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Marlen SchmickerNeuroprotection Lab, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg 39120, Germany. Marlen.Schmicker@DZNE.de.
Inga MenzeNeuroprotection Lab, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg 39120, Germany.
David KochNeuroprotection Lab, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg 39120, Germany.
Ulrike RumpfNeuroprotection Lab, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg 39120, Germany.
Patrick MüllerNeuroprotection Lab, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg 39120, Germany.
Lasse PelzerNeuroprotection Lab, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg 39120, Germany.
Notger G MüllerNeuroprotection Lab, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg 39120, Germany.
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases · DEOtto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg · DECenter for Behavioral Brain Sciences · DE

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Mu1346/4Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Mu1364/6
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Decision-making is an important everyday function that deteriorates during normal aging. Here, we asked whether value-based decision-making can be improved in the elderly by cognitive training. We compared the effects of two training regimens on the performance in the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT), a real-life decision-making simulation task. Elderly participants (age 62-75 years) were randomized into three matched groups. The filter training (FT) group performed a selective attention task and the memory training (MT) group performed a memory storage task on five consecutive days. The control group (CG) did not perform another task besides the IGT. Only the FT group showed an improvement in IGT performance over the five days-the overall gain rose and the prominent deck B phenomenon decreased. The latter refers to the selection of cards associated with high gains and rare losses, which are nevertheless a disadvantageous choice as the frequent losses lead to a negative net outcome. As the deck B phenomenon has been associated with impaired cognitive abilities in aging, the positive effect of FT here is of special importance. In sum, attention training seems superior in improving decision-making in the elderly.

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agingcognitive trainingdecision-makingdistractor inhibitionprominent deck B phenomenonselective attentionvisual working memory

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PMID31366057
PMCPMC6723638
OpenAlexW2965407546

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